Match thread sponsored by Bye bye Bodgers

[Archie's penalty]

So a new post-Bodgers era starts today - will we improve or get worse - we shall see.

Anyway come on the lads and let's see if we can continue our good away form!

[Zammo]

Team selection could be very interesting.

[Terminal Boardom]

I am looking forward to the line up and formation for sure. Doubt if BM will have had much chance to change anything considering the amount of time and weather conditions. Hopefully though, there will be a bit more bite in the team.

[andrew1957]

Team selection could be very interesting.

Agree.

My bet is revert to 4-4-2 - but really interesting to see who he picks. I would drop Marek if it were me - he has been poor since the Leicester game. For me it would be:

Fed
Armstrong (if fit - Bertrand if not)
Ingi
Pearce
Tabb
McAnuff
Karacan
Cisse
RK
Sigurdsson (playing off striker)
Long (unless Church is fully fit)

Bring Rasiak on later as he I think he looks best against a tiring defence

[shaka's shorts]

mills for Inga please

[Southbank Old Boy]

Team selection could be very interesting.

Agree.

My bet is revert to 4-4-2 - but really interesting to see who he picks. I would drop Marek if it were me - he has been poor since the Leicester game. For me it would be:

Fed
Armstrong (if fit - Bertrand if not)
Ingi
Pearce
Tabb
McAnuff
Karacan
Cisse
RK
Sigurdsson (playing off striker)
Long (unless Church is fully fit)

Bring Rasiak on later as he I think he looks best against a tiring defence

Dont bother sending your cv in!!!

[andrew1957]

Team selection could be very interesting.

Agree.

My bet is revert to 4-4-2 - but really interesting to see who he picks. I would drop Marek if it were me - he has been poor since the Leicester game. For me it would be:

Fed
Armstrong (if fit - Bertrand if not)
Ingi
Pearce
Tabb
McAnuff
Karacan
Cisse
RK
Sigurdsson (playing off striker)
Long (unless Church is fully fit)

Bring Rasiak on later as he I think he looks best against a tiring defence

Dont bother sending your cv in!!!

Why where did I go wrong in your far superior opinion?

[shaka's shorts]

I'd like this - think Ingi and Bert will play for Mills and Stretch
Fed
Tabb
Stretch
Mills
Pearce
McAnuff
Cisse
Marek
The Sig
Church
Rasiak
Subs Hamer, Cummings, Inga, Jem, HRK, Long, Kebe

[rhroyal]

FAO Andrew

You went wrong by picking Pearce and Iver together when everybody has seen it doesn't work. You have gone wrong leaving out our top scorer in Rasiak. So what if his all round contribution isn't great, but he's doing what nobody else is. Cisse and Karacan? I'd like to see Marek in there. When you play Gyfli up front, you're not effectively playing 4-4-2. It will be more like a 4-5-1. Make your mind up. If anything I'd give The Sig a free role kind of playing left wing and put HRK supporting up front, where he has played more than the Sig has.

Enough problems for you there?

[CMRoyal]

I reckon we'll revert to 4-4-2 thus:-

Fed
Tabb
Ivar
Alex
Plastic
McA
Marek
Cisse
Sig
Long
Rasiak

Hamer, Stretch, Mills, Kara, HRK, Kebe, Church

[Southbank Old Boy]

Why where did I go wrong in your far superior opinion?

You mean apart from selecting our worst centre forward, picking two very function midfielders together so that we would lack creativity (wouldnt be as much of a problem if we could keep a clean sheet), dropped our most consitent performer plus our main goalscorer?

Kanu isnt good enough either, and I agree with rhroyal that we have probably seen enough or Ivar and Pearce together to know that one of them needs to be dropped

If you want to play a proper 4-4-2, playing Sig upfront isnt the way to do it

[Archie's penalty]

I would go 4-4-2.

Afed
Cummings
Bertrand
Ingi
Mills
Kebe
Karacan
Sigi
Mcanuff
Rasiak
Church

Oh and loads of subs.

[papereyes]

We sacked Rodgers?

[Archie's penalty]

Are you a Tory?

[Terminal Boardom]

No Kebe

[rhroyal]

Still Pearce and Ivar! The slowest centre back pairing in the Football League, surely?

[rg6royal]

Still Pearce and Ivar! The slowest centre back pairing in the Football League, surely?

I'm happy Pearce is there, but believe Mills should be playing instead of Ingi

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Long starts!!!!

[shaka's shorts]

Reading (4-4-2): Federici; Tabb, Bertrand, Ingimarsson (c), Pearce; Cisse, Matejovsky, Sigurdsson McAnuff, Long, Rasiak.
Subs: Hamer, Armstrong, Mills, Karacan, Gunnarsson, Kebe, Church

[rg6royal]

Why the F*** is Shane Long starting?! No doubt he will go and score today though.